Question:
Can you have WLS after Fundoplication?

hI i HAD A FUNDOPLICATION 3 YEARS AGO FOR gASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX CAN YOOU STILL HAVE WLS?????    — susan T. (posted on December 12, 2001)

December 12, 2001
Susan, Perhaps you may get a quicker response to you question regarding "fundoplication" if you briefly explained what type produre this is. Maybe, it is called something else here in the States. LOL, Olivia
   — Olivia W.

December 12, 2001
In answer to Olivia's answer a fundoplication is a surgery which wraps the top part of the stomach around the oesophagus so that you do not get heart burn. Tyhanks for pointing out Olivia that some people do not know what fundoplication is :-)
   — susan T.

December 12, 2001
Hi, I had a VBG along with a Nissan fundoplication in 1997. In 2000 I was revised to an RNY. My doctor about had a fit when he found out from my operative reports that I had the Nissan. He said it would make the revision surgery more technically challenging because there would be more scar tissue to work around. However, I had my revision so yes WLS is possible after the Nissan procedure. Hope this helps!
   — Kellye C.

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